Restoring original timestamps?

Hi everyone,
 
I have a project and associated audio files from another engineer that I'm hoping you can help me with.
 
The project has a number of submix tracks which seem to be bounced from original recordings with plugin effects included. The original tracks from which these submixes were made seem to have been deleted (or I can't view them? Is there maybe a hidden tracks feature in SONAR? Forgive my ignorance, I usually work in Logic). However, when I go to Project > Audio Files, I see the original recordings there as "*project name*, *track name*, Rec (*SONAR-assigned take number*).wav"
 
What I'm trying to do is restore these original recordings at their original timestamps so I can reprint the tracks without effects. I suspect that timestamp data is somewhere within the project file, since they still show up as associated audio files in the Project Files window (accessed by Project > Audio Files). However, when I drop these files in via the Browser, they show an "Original Time" in the Clip Properties pane of wherever I drop them (as I would expect from unassociated audio). Is there maybe a way other than the Browser to access these files that would include the timestamp info that presumably was a part of the project file at one point?
 
Thanks in advance for any help. Obviously I'm not familiar with the software, so maybe it's an easy fix, but I'm not finding the SONAR documentation that easy to navigate.
 
— Jay
 
SONAR Artist 22.4.0 Build 27 [2016.04]
Windows 10 Home

If you are using a global audio folder then perhaps the files are ther.
This will be set in Preferences. Press 'P' and look under Files for Folder Locations

If you are using Per Project Folders then you will have a folder named after the name of the song and inside will be the project.cwp file and an Audio folder which will contain all he projects associated files.

Again look in Preferences > Folder Locations for the location of the Project folders.

Hi Mike,
 
I think this doesn't address my issue directly, but thank you for the reply. I have all the audio files of the recordings, but not their SMPTE positions. I realize that if they were unassociated audio and I imported them into the Track View window via the Browser, they would just take an "Original Time" position of wherever I drop them, which is how these files are behaving now. My hope is that there's some way to get the project file to recognize at what SMPTE position these audio files were originally recorded, since it seems that this is the project in which they originated, and they still show up as associated audio in Project > Audio Files. Maybe that's a wild goose chase and it's just "line up the waveforms as best you can" at this point, but obviously if there's a way to get them to automatically return to original time, that would be best.
 
Interestingly, though, when I follow your directions and look at project file locations, the folder showing in the preferences pane is different from the audio locations shown by bringing up Project > Audio Files. This is because I have the imported project and associated audio on a separate drive partition from where the "Cakewalk Projects" folder lives — again, though, I don't think that's an issue here. The audio currently in the Track View all plays just fine.
 
Thanks,
Jay

Hi Mike,
 
Thanks again for the reply. The files I'm trying to find a timestamp for are not currently in the track view, but rather have been deleted from track view by a previous engineer after he bounced them to some submix tracks that have effects on them. Their tracks no longer exist, so I can't save them to new files with timestamps. I'm hoping to restore the audio files to their original positions, because my (maybe unrealistic) assumption is that that information exists within the project file, since this is the project file into which these audio files were originally recorded.
 
— Jay

No problem, Mike. I've made my own share of age/focus/sleep-deprivation-related mis-statements lately.

vinylguitar
Wow. jb. You've saved me tons of time, that's fantastic. It was as dumb as that. Yes, they were frozen. Again, not being familiar with SONAR, it didn't even occur to me that the clips on frozen tracks would show themselves as referencing mix audio files rather than recording audio files. That's it. Brilliant.
 
Thank you so, so much. You've all been very helpful, and now I feel like I've wasted all your time a bit, but I'm super glad you found an obvious solution for me. I definitely feel a little dumb on this one.
 
Best wishes,
Jay

Why on earth would you feel dumb?  Don't be daft.  If you didn't know about freeze, then why would you possibly think about it?
 
Just so glad you have got it sorted.
 
You gave us all the relevant information.  I just tried to look at the issue as if I wasn't familiar with how Sonar works..
 
Really pleased that you are sorted, that's made my day.
 
Happy music making.